[mythtv-users] DVB-S2 PCI-express cards

[Robert Longbottom]

On 18/09/2011 15:26, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What are people's experiences with the various DVB-S2 cards.
> The TBSDTV cards are good in the sense that their spec sheets are
> good, with Sensitivity and bps details listed.
> The Hauppauge cards have in the past been good, but development of new
> PCI-Express cards seems to be slow.
> Hauppauge also do not publish their sensitivity and bps details in
> their datasheets, so it is difficult to compare the two using data
> sheets.
>
> Does anyone have experience with the above cards, and any others they
> would recommend for use with mythtv.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> James

I have a Mystique SaTiX-S2 Dual (v2) and using Oliver Endriss' tree from 
linuxtv.org it's been running well for the past 12 months or so, albeit 
on an older (2.6.35) kernel.  No problems with missed recordings or 
dropouts.

I've not tried updating to a newer kernel due to lack of time and 
motivation but at some point I'd like to and I'm just hoping that the 
changes in that tree have now made it to the kernel because the 
in-kernel drivers didn't work very well wil multiple simultaneous 
recordings last time I tried them.

Cheers,
Robert.